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Friday, June 12, 2009

Friday, June 12, 2009

Tomorrow John and I are going to the Star Wars Weekends out at Disney. This is the event that causes our friends who work at Disney - even the hardened sci-fi geeks - to go blank-faced with terror, so needless to say I'm pretty psyched about it. (Apparently we Trekkers have nothing on Star Wars fans in the crazy department.) So in honor of the occasion, and for those of you too distant/sane to attend, here's some Wreckage to get you in the intergalactic mood.

This fun little number features a puddle of R2D2 (or possibly an attempt at Captain America's shield?) in the upper left-hand corner, and a Ferengi Marauder in the lower right-hand corner. [head tilt] Huh.

Hey, uh, Wreckerators? It's probably not wise to cross the sci-fi/geekery streams. Especially the Trek/Wars streams. You never, ever want to do tha...

Oh no you di'n't, Matt B.!

(Ok, so Matt's friends Wrecked it on purpose. It's still funny, though.)

Come to the Dark Side. We have granite texture-in-a-can.

Plus, our storm troopers have huge...

Uh...

Goiters?

Yeah, let's go with goiters. No one knows what those are, anyway.

Bobble-headed Yoda you will love. Awesome is he:

His lack of legs, disturbing I find.

Little known fact: the first R2D2 prototype was made using only Styrofoam, blue painter's tape, and a Sharpie:

Plus, did you guys know that R2D2's birth name was Reginald Dillingham? It's true. I wouldn't lie to you. (Unless it was funny. Or I was bored. Or cake was involved. But this, this is true. Honest.)

And lastly, J. Williamson's local paper featured this as a "hot new trend" in weddings:

So naturally you're thinking, "Gee, Jen, people are serving Wolfman's head on a platter at weddings?"

(This is Wolfman, by the way:)

The answer, of course, is no - and I laugh in the face of your childish naivete. Hahahah! Ahhahaha! Mwaha. Ha.Aha.

Yes, as I was saying, the answer is no - because people are in fact serving Chewbacca's head on a platter at their weddings. That's Chewbacca. See the resemblance?

NOTE: Today's post is dedicated to CW reader Jacob Taylor, since I hear he's a big Star Wars fan. Jacob is 8 years old and was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor last month, so he and his family could use all the good wishes, prayers, and warm thoughts you'd care to send their way. The good news is that he's responding well enough to radiation treatment that he's back to reading again this week. So, hi, Jacob! Say, you bakers in the Cincinnati Ohio area, how's about whipping him up some organic cake to celebrate? (He's on an all-natural diet these days.)

My favorite part is that the deliberate wreckers even said "Live long and PROPER!" Although, that is probably good advice too.

Jacob, my prayers are with you & your family. I am sure you will come through this just fine. Maybe you will even have a cool scar and be able to tell your friends it was from a shark attack or something :)

WV:ADVAI - If you are going to give advai on a cake, you should at least spell it correctly.

Jacob, lots of love and hugs and prayers from Florida! I hope you get a wrecktastic organic cake so you can send us a picture, or maybe, even better, a Sunday sweet.

Jen, thanks, I'll probably be muttering goiters and shaking my head and laughing for the rest of the day, which is fine by me, but my coworkers are starting to wonder if they should call the people with the big butterfly nets.

Gotta respond on a few levels here - 1. I have a son, Jacob also, who is disabled and one of the biggest Star Wars fans ever! He checks into Cake Wrecks often so I am sure he will love your post today.

2. He will be bummed to hear that someone is going to Star Wars weekend at Disney and it isn't him! Want to rent a kid in a wheelchair? They're great for getting right to the front of the line!!!

3. Definitely will keep the Jacob you mentioned in my prayers - maybe my Jacob will email him and they can talk SW.

4. And last - because you have nothing else to do - check out my son's new blog: The Happy Wookieehttp://thehappywookiee.blogspot.com

Many Prayers for you and your family Jacob! I know it's hard now, but someday you'll have quite the story to tell! We have two little boys at my church as well who have cancer- one is only 4 and the other 7 and we've been praying really hard for them too. I hope that you're able to get out and enjoy some of your summer. Enjoy cakewrecks as much as I do!! Laughter IS the BEST- and Jen is REALLY great at making me laugh, even out loud!

My own Jacob turns 8 today! And I made him Star wars cupcakes to take to his class today.They are topped with crossed light sabers made from multi-colored twizzlers and tootsie rolls.See?! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2236187&id=121420&l=49fcb10c2c

Jacob, keep reading CW and laughing, you'll get better in no time! Sending you lots of virtual hugs from the mother of another Jacob.

Live Long & Proper...sounds so boring :-)

I love the flattened R2! Goiters...*shakes head* much more PC term than the one I originally thought of! And the Vader cake...it looks like flecked-stone spray paint I've used on decoration projects (that my husband openly despises...)...yum, if you're a Rock Biter, that is...

So jealous... er, of your SW Weekend, not of the cakes. I always wanted a SW cake for my birthday; I've been waiting since 1977, but my family has yet to think to give this Geek one. With a basement full of SW crap, you'd think they'd catch on... sigh. Well, at least I collect SW cake toppers (along with nearly everything else Star Wars).

I have had the Star Wars- Tribute to John Williams by Moosebutter stuck in my head (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5_OSsawz4) so your post today was especially amusing. (Kiss a Wookie, Kick a Droid . . .)

Live long and Proper! Yeah, point that pinky out when you eat your cakewrecks. *g*

The Wolfman/Chewbacca was especially wrecktastic, but I have to give props for the R2D2. Better than I could do!

Re: the nautical themed cake...with added SW wreckiness. What do you bet that his thoughtful grandmother bought the cake, thinking that it looked appropriately boy-ish..and then when presented with his cake, the birthday boy howled, "I WANTED A STAR WARS CAKE!!!" To placate the little brat, his mom probably grabbed some SW figurines, stuck them on the cake and said "Look sweetie--see, now it is!"

Gosh, as a writer I could have a field day with the backstories for these wrecks! =D I'd write a book and dedicate it to you, Jen! =D

Huh. Knowing the comments are moderated, I'm sure someone else has said this before and it just isn't up yet, but... I think the first cake was made by a Canadian. That Rebel Alliance emblem looks an awful lot like it wants to be a maple leaf.

Jen, I bow to your Trekkie-ness for seeing a Ferengi Marauder. Once you said it, I could see it, but I don't think I would have come up with the comparison on my own. Apparently it has been too long since I've spent any meaningful amount of time with Ferengi. Sad.

How appropriate today's theme is! My 9-yr old son's birthday party is tonight complete with a Star Wars theme. Due to some copyright thing, the bakeries don't have the SW toppers right now (at least in Central TX). So, working together with the grocery story bakery, we have dreamed up a "spacey" background, onto which I will place a couple of SW figurines. I cross my fingers that wreckiness does not follow. I'll let you know how it goes.

Jen, I was at SW Weekend last year, and it was a blast! Have FUN!! Thanks for all the laughs!

I have to admit I didn't read the other comments before posting this, so if someone else pointed it out, my bad. On the first cake, that is not a "puddle of R2-D2" or a Captain America shield. That is supposed to be the Empire's symbol.

By the way, I used to work for a sci-fi convention company. I've never had a Star Wars fan stop and run my ear off for an hour and a half as I awkwardly tried to escape just because I tried to be polite and took .2 seconds to compliment his or her t-shirt. But I have had that experience with several Trekkies.

The first one with the failed Galactic Empire logo (Melted R2-D2) and Rebel Alliance logo (discarded robe) is one of the officially licensed designs that Kroger offers in their flip book. The Wreckerator that made that had a nice detailed picture to copy those symbols from and they STILL got it horribly, horribly misshapen.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Jacob and his family. Get better soon. There are alot of people rooting for you,including me. I'll be thinking about you. What a strong boy you must be to be fighting this. Keep fighting and stay strong.

Hi Jen,I love your blog so much. I check it everyday and it always puts a smile on my face. I even introduced my sister to it. Keep up the good work and I can't wait for tomorrow's post.

I had never before noticed the similarities between a poorly constructed symbol of the Rebel Alliance and...a Ferengi Marauder you say? Hmm. And yes, that's supposed to be the symbol of the Empire. No idea why it's blue...it does look a little like the top of R2's head.

Star Wars weekends are incredible. Last time I went I got to meet Warwick Davis and I don't think he was very excited when I told him I loved him in "Willow".

My 3 year old grandson is a Star Wars nut (induced by his equally Star Wars crazy uncle). He would love the Star Wars week-end at Disney World. He watches some of the events that are posted on YouTube and loves them. The whole family is hoping to take him there one day.

We are all jealous!~

Love your site Jen.I am continually amazed at the vastness of cake wrecks out there.

If I attempted to draw the symbols of the Rebel Alliance and the Imperials, it would definitely turn out like that first cake. As Yoda would say, "freehand drawing on cakes not good at it you are hmmm?"

The Darth Vader helmet cake looks like a goth version of the ghosts from the Pac Man game.

Yeah, Cake 1 is definitely Imperial and Rebellion insignia. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Imperial_cresthttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Alliance_StarbirdAnd in a lot of places you'll see the Imperial Crest as blue (like the one on the cake) which has always bugged me (since I like blue better than red, I think it should've been the other way around.) The starbird is a bit off, but that's a pretty minor offense, really (as compared to even some of the Sunday Sweets in the past).

Have fun at SWW! I know almost all of the marchers in the 501st that will be marching in the parade. My husband and I are a part of the group and we've marched quite a few of our own parades at SWW when we used to live in Florida :)

And as a SW fan (my husband more so then me) those cakes are awful! Very depressing!

Man, I could read posts like this every day, they make my geeky side (which, btw, is stronger than both the dark side and the light side combined) so very, very happy. I especially like when you talk like Yoda. So funny are you, Jen, rolled off the bed with laughter, I almost did.

As for Jacob: hi! You are one brave little kid and it's so cool that the younger generation also still loves Star Wars. I'm sending lots of well-wishes your way and I hope you get better real soon. The Force sure is strong with you, if you are already responding well to your current treatment. Also, keep reading CW, laughter is scientifically proven to be a great medicine and I guess anything that will help is welcome.To Jacob's family: I wish you a lot of strength in this trying time. I'm sending you lots of good vibes over the ether of the net. Keep going on!

So I have been looking at this site everyday for about 3 months now and I love it!! I have gotten many people hooked on it as well. As I was looking over today's wreckage's I realized that I recognized the Chewbacca/Wolfman grooms cake. I thought of all the sites that I have looked at lately and then it hit me. The baker who made my wedding cake. And sure enough there it was! I can't believe it! Luckily her other cakes are amazing and I loved mine!! It was exactly what I wanted, not a wreckage at all!

Thank you for making my days just a tad bit more hilarious! Can't wait to see more awesome wrecks!

Jacob, stay strong buddy...a friend of ours beat brain cancer last year with treatments and surgery and is on an all raw diet that is really working for him...may the force be with you and I'll be praying for your recovery too !

Hey Jen, that Darth Vader cake looks like "Creature from the Black Lagoon" and the Anonymous #1 is correct, those are the emblems of the Empire and Alliance.

oh my gosh- my eyes are crying and my gut is hurting from laughing while I am trying to be quiet while my son sleeps. This blog is soooo stinkin funny. The only thing that is better than the horrible cakes is your witty comments! You crack me up! I am totally linking to your blog from mine!!

The Star Wars nerds are right, the blue/white mess up at top is the symbol of the Galactic Empire (which is usually done in gray or some other dark color) and that anchor thing is a lop-sided symbol of the Rebellion. It's pretty obvious, if you're a hardcore fan. :)

I hope we get to see some Star Trek/Wreck cakes, too! :D (I've been loving this blog, by the way.)

Aw, Jacob...virtual HUGS heading your way from a complete stranger...but one who "somehow" senses-- (okay, I'm magic)-- that you are exactly tough enough to get good and mad at this stupid, mean disease and kick its butt. Hard!You have a lot of STUFF to do!! Everyone's right, too, about the laughing; check in here every chance you get. This place is funEE! No one EVER laughs enough, really.

The storm trooper with the... uh... goiters reminds me a LOT of the Cuttlefish on Gaia Online. xD They're cute little pixel fish you put in a pixel aquarium. They're "emo", apparently, in a pun on their names.

As for Star Wrecks... I was helping a friend out with a Star Wars themed party back when the "new" chapters were just about to start hitting theaters. My friend bought the cake pan shaped like Vader's mask and we decided we had enough cake mix to make two. Only... one got a little.. dark. We shrugged it off and set to work frosting the GOOD one (complete with line piping, colored sugar shading, etc.. went all out on it). I got to thinking.. and an evil plan formed. I hacked off the worst of the burnt spots, iced the whole blob, and cut it into chunks. Round about two inches square, I would guess, maybe smaller. Both were served side by side... Vader and.. well.. Cakey Carnage. When the guests arrived for our Star Wars Marathon (complete with a listen to an original vinyl LP of the soundtrack), we made the announcement. Tonight, they could choose between... (wait for it)

tundranurse1Hi, I am Jacob's grandmother. I am overwhelmed with the love that people have sent from all over the country. Here is his web site on Caringbridge:http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/jacobmatthewtaylorHis youtube videos are jacobee817.These kind words really do lift us up. My email is: tundranurse1@yahoo.com.LoveKathy

My son and I just went to Star Wars Weekend yesterday and it was AWESOME! He was picked to participate in the Jedi Knight training and got to fight Darth Vader! Check out photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2158472&id=39113748&l=66cdb8f612

My 13 year old could not figure out how the granite texture on the Vader head was achieved. I had no idea that she had never before witnessed a cake completely decorated with tiny rosettes. Wow.I remember the extreme creations of the 1980s and 90s when the Wilton mania for rosettes swept through parties all over North America.I wonder if we could have a selection of retro-wrecks one day which would introduce the younger generation to the wonder of the stippled cake?

WV: (appropriate!) Dockle: to completely cover a cake with rosettes of frosting.

Okay, good, I'm not the first one to post that the first cake was supposed to have the rebel and imperial symbols, not R2 and that blob. Poorly done, yes, but I definitely know what they were supposed to be, haha.

Hello and good luck to you, Jacob! I am praying each day for you to "live long and proper". I can just feel that you are going to come out of this just fine. I hope you have a 100th birthday cake...and I hope it's a funny Wreck!

I think Star Wars Weekends is a great tradition that has grown over time to cover a lot more events and a whole lot of fun for the Star Wars Fan in you. Make sure you save some time to get to Disney’s Hollywood Studios and experience it first-hand. Happy exploring

I know it's been said a few times over that the first cake is supposed to have either the galactic republic on the galactic empire emblem on the top left, and the rebel emblem on the bottom right, but I thought I'd post a link with photos so those who aren't total nerds know what we're talking about. heh.

Really trustworthy blog. Please keep updating with great posts like this one. I have booked marked your site and am about to email it to a few friends of mine that I know would enjoy reading..World of Warcraft

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